The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-16 00:00:00

Lord Palmerston at Romsey. ItcmsEY, Thursday. The rt nnuar dinner of the Agricultural Association took place this afternoon in the New Corn Ex change, under the presidency of Lord Palmerston. His lordship paid a visit to the building, in the erection of 'which he has manifested much interest, on MondP.y afternoon, and was met at the door by several members of the committee, including Messrs Purchase, Gressey, and Pannick, end the architect, Mr B. Oikiey. The exterior and interior of the Exchange were thoroughly inspected by his lord ship, who expressed himself much pleased with its xvho!e appearance, and he signified his intention of contributing £lOO in aid of the fund raised for the execution of the work. Ia the course of the morning, Lord PAmerston, accompanied by Mr Dutton, M.P., nd Mr &later- Bioth, passed thrcugh the cattle yard, and made a closer inspection of the animals exhibited. The tickets for the dinner were all disposed of eeme days ago, and many applicants for admission were consfquently much disappointed. Among the guests were Mr Dutton, M.P., the Hon. Spencer Cowper, Mr Sciater-Booth, M.P., Sir C.Rawlinson, Gen. Mitchell, Mr Purchase, Mr G. S. Brinton, Mr G. Eidaile, Col. Tryon, Mr J. Reeves, the Mayor (Mr Dyett), Mr Lordan, the Itzv. Mr Broad, Mr J. Drew, &e. A 9 soon as the dinner had been placed on the table, Lard PALMERSTON rose and said—" I am autt orised by the committee of the Corn Exchange to declare that this Exchange is now open," —an announcement which was received with great cor diality. After the cloth had been removed, Lord PALMERSTON said—l beg to propose to yon that toast which is the first to which honour is done in every society of Englishmen, I mean " the Health of her Alajesty the Queen"—(cheers)—a toast 'which embodies the expression of that which is the deepest and warmest feeling of every Englishman. The toast was drunk with all the honours. Lord PALMERSTON The next toast which I have to propose is "the Health of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family." It is most gratifying to the people of this nation that there is a Royal Family who are treading in the footsteps of their illustrious parents—(cheers) —and are destined, happily for this country, to be a source of pride and satisfaction to the people of these realms. (Loud and repeated cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON again rose and said—We are here, a society of agriculturists, and I ought not to forget our spiritual guides. I therefore propose to you " the Health of the Bishop and Clergy of the D:ocese and the Ministers of every Religious De nomination." (Cheers.) The toast was acknowledged by the Rev. Mr. BROAD. Lord PALMERSTON—The next toast which I have to propoia is " the Army, the Navy, the Militia, and the Volunteers," It could not be ex pnted that man would pursue with diligence and success the pursuits of industry if he were not as. stared that he would reap in security the fruits which that industry might produce, and I am happy to say that our Army, our NAvy, oar Militia, and our Volunteer do sand to the people of these realms that security which human arrangements can provide for them. (Cheers.) We are happily now at peace with all foreign Powers—(cheers) — but the continuance of that peace is not likely to he less certain when it is known to all foreign nations that the Army, the Navy, the Militis, and the Volunteers of England are in a state of perfect effi ciency, and ready if called upon to defend the inte rests and to maintain the honour and dignity of their country against all who might think fit to assail them. (Loud cheers.) I beg in connexion with that toast to call upon General Mitchell to respond for the Army, and Lieutenant A!sopp for the Volunteers ; and if there be any naval and militia representatives here I trust they will become volunteers upon this occasion, and not wait to be called upon. (Cheers and laughter.) Gm. MITCHELL and Lieut. ALSOP respond A. At the request of his lordship, Mr. OAKLEY, the Secretary, read the list of prlz,es. Lord PALM ERSTON said—l now rise to propose the " Health of the Successful Competitors." Those who competed not only deserve to obtain the prizes awarded to them, but they are doing great good to the community by setting an example to others, who may, perhaps, another year, win from them those laurels which adorn them to-day. (Cheers and laughter.) I beg to propose the " Health of the Successful Competitors," and may they continue thou, exertions which have gained the prizes just announced by the secretary. (Cheers.) The toast having been responded to, the" Health of the Unsuccessful Competitors " was given by Sir C. RAWLINSON, and that of " The Judges" by Mr. &LATER -BOOT a. Mr PURCLIASE, ns chairman of the Corn Exchange Committee, in appropriate terms, proposed the " Haalth of the noble President of the Romsey Agricultural Society." The toast was received with the greatest enthnsissm. Lerd PALMERSTON, in responding to the toast, said—l thank you from :he bottom of my heart for the kind manner in which this toast has been pro posed, and in which it has been accepted by the company which I have now the honour to see assem bled. It must at all times be most gratifying to any min to meet with the expression of the goodwill and approbation of his fellow-countrymen ; but, perhaps, if there is any portion of his fellow coun trymen whose goodwill and approval he may be most anxious to secure it must be those in whose meighbourhooe he lives—(cheers) —who have oppor tunities of forming their judgment from seeing him and from knowing what he does better than those who may live at a distance can do, (Cheers.) I am therefore peculiarly gratified at the expression of goodwill and of kindness which I invariably- re ceive from the people of the neighbourhood of ltunisey. (Cheers.) I am glad and proud to meet you upon the present occasion. It is honourable, I think, eto the town and neighbourhood of Ramsey that we eh utd have erected this handsome and capacious building, to provide for that which was obviously a great want in the accommoiation of the town. (Cheers,) Agriculture, like every other industry, is promoted by the intercourse of man with man, by the interchange of ideas, by the mutual intercom munieation of knowledge, by one nran telling others what he has done, how he has succeeded, and how he has failed. All these things tend to enlighten the ideas and to promote that industry with regard to which that intercourse takes place. Hitherto the farmers who assembled in this town have been ex pesed to the wind and the rain. Ido not mean to say they are not stout feliows who do not care for the wind or the rain. The wind will not blow their good thoughts out of them, and the rain will not melt away their good qualities. (Cheers.) But, never. Melees, it is very pleasant to meet in a comfortable, spacious apartment like this, and I am convinces that the erection of a building like this will tend to the advantage of this interesting agricultural dise trict. (Cheers.) Although I have had the honour of presiding at this agricultural dinner, I do not in• tend to take upon myself the task of talking to farmers about farming. (Laughter.) Nor do I im. agiae that anything I could say would enlighten their minds as to the practice of the industry in which they are engaged, but I think I may be per• witted to observe that this show to-day, both of clttle and roots, i s honoura b le to the progress of agricultural industry in this neighbourhood, and I trust we are tending to advance and to improve year by year, (Cheers.) Although I do not pretend to lecture upon agr i culture, yet there are things w hich strike the eye and appeal to th© understand jog of every layman, h owever little he m a y b e Acquainted with th e details of agriculture, and there are one or two things which I may be permitted to mention. In the first place, I believe that the industry of agriculture is destined very much to in crease. The introduction of machinery has progres. sively added to the produce of the soil, and it h as reconciled itself even to those labourers whose e ra _ ployment may at first sight appear to diminish in ceniequence of the introduction of machinery. When the first thrashing machines were introduced there was a revolt, I may say, among the h ail men Tuey thought that the thrashing mac hine would take the bread cut of their months, and the thrash- ing machines were destroyed in consequence of jealousy of the flail men. The other day when I was down in Herefordshire I was told by a farmer that the labourers considered the flail too severe an employment, that they would not thresh by the flail, but only by machinery. Then comes the question of ploughing. The steam plough is a recent and modern application of science to agriculture. I cannot help thinking that it is destined to spread generally, so es to be of the greatest possible service, and although it may not be within the scope of the resources of all farmers to go to the expense of buying a steam engine and its necessary apparatus, why shculd not persons procure the necessary apparatus and let it out as they do thrashing machinery, and thus im prove the cultivation of the country. The great ad¢ vantage of the steam plough is that it ploughs deeper than can be done by any other process, and enyone knows that the deeper you go the more you will let in the air and all other fertilising influences, and thus increase the produce. Again, modern science has lightened greatly the vehicles used in agricule ture. We no longer see those enormous masses of timber which well) formerly drawn by horses in the shape of carts and waggons, which in themselves were heavier than the loads which they were intended to convey,which it was quite unnecessary to m Ake so large and heavy, which were not stranger by reason of their weight, because their weight destroyed their usefulness, and which were dearer. A great improve ment has taken place in that respect. (Cheers.) Many complaints have been made this year that the crop of turnips has been scanty, not because the crop of charlock has been scanty, (Laughter, and cures of Hear.) I have seen a good deal of the variety of colours that ornament our stubbles, and I think if there is cue thing to which the energy of our agriculturists may be devoted more than another it is to the extirpation of these weeds, which draw from the soil these elements of growth which ought to be devoted entirely to corn, grasses, and other useful things. (Cheers.) I will not detain you longer, except to say that I am very proud of hav ing the honour to preside on the present occasion. I trust this is a fresh point of departure for Rome sey, and that we shall be able to mark this day as a day of increasing progress in agricultural prospe rity in this-district. (Cheers.) I now propose " The Health of the Chairman and Committee of the Rom sey Corn Exchange, and Prosperity to that Instia tution." (Loud cheers.) The toast was responded to by Mr Purchase, and Mr Cressey acknowledged the toast of the honorary secretary, Sir C. RAWLINSON then proposed " The Health of the Members of the County"—mentioning the names of the Hon. Mr Dutton and Mr Sclater. Booth, (Loud cheers.) Mr DUTTON, in responding to the toast, congrae tulated the town on the possession of such a build ing as the Corn Exchange, and hoped its inaugura tion would be the inauguration of a season of pros perity to agriculture. At the present moment the times were somewhat depressing. A short time ago Mr Disraeli made a speech on agricultural matters, the effect of which had been, according to the state.. ment of a friend of the right hon. gentleman, to Bend down the price of wheat 2s per quarter. (Laughter.) When it got down it had been kept down, and he could not flatter himself there was any prospect of its rising at present. (Hear, hear.) Connected with this question there was another of no less importance—the agriculturists wore turning their attention to the breeding and fattening of stock, and he wished to congratulate all present on the present exhibition, which was far above the average in Romsey. (Cheers.) He believed that for the future the farmers would have to turn a good deal of their corn into meat. Many large farmers, in stead of sending their grain to market, had ground it into malt, and sent it up in the shape of meat. (Hear, hear.) Although he believed that wheat and all sorts of grain could be sent into our markets at a lower price that we could grow it, still it was a Net that English beef and mutton could not be sur passed in any part of the world, and sent into our markets at a remunerative price. (Cheers.) As long as our stock was kept up, he did not think we should nave much reason to complain, and if the Cnancellor of the Exchequer would grant a relaxation of the restrictions upon barley, he had no doubt the farmer would go on with every prospect of success. (Cheers.) Mr. SCLATER-BOOTH also responded to the toast, and, in doing so, said that the eight years which he had represented the Northern division of the county in Parliament had been characterised in the main by a remarkable absence of party conflicts in the House of Commons, and by a still more remarkable absence of political acrimony among people oat of doors. (Hear, hear.) That was a happy state of things. Although there were some discontented people telling ns we ought to be uneasy because there was nothing to he uneasy about, that was not hi s opinion. He considered that that happy state of quiescence was due in a great measure to the fact that during a great portion of the eight years we had been living under the mild and temperate sway of the noble lord now at the head of her Mas jesty's Government. (Cheers.) He said this without the slightest afGctation of wishing to present him self in the light of one of the noble lord's habitual supporters. He sat in a quarter of the House which yielded to no other in respect to Lord Palmerston's character and position, and from which, one way or another, his lordship had received, and no doubt would hereafter receive, a considerable amount of moral support. (Cheers.) Congratulating the frequenters of Ramsey market on the accommo dation which had been provided for them, he begged to assure the noble lord net if he would visit Basingstoke on a similar occasion he would receive as hearty a welcome as that whi c h h a d b ee n accorded to him on the present occasion. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON, in responding to the toast of " Lady Palmerston," said—l beg, on behalf of Lady Palmerston to return Sou my most sincere thanks for the manner in which that toast has been received. (Cheers.) I beg now to propose the last toast, and when I mention the word which re presents the toast I am sure you will feel that in that one word more is contained than in any other word in our language. The toast which I give you is "The Press." (Cheers.) Permit me to say that 1 we who live in a free constitutional country know that the press is the true support of civil and re ligious liberty. (Cheers.) Without a tree press liberty of this kind would be bat fleeting; with a free press that never can be destroyed, and I may say with regard to the free press of this country that it is deserving the admiration of mankind for the ability with which it is conducted, and for the high and exalted principle by which it is animated. (Cheers.) The press of England does honour to the nation, and I am sure that all present will have great pleasure in combining with me in drinking ~ The Press," connecting with the toast the name of Mr. Falvey. (Loud cheers.) Mr. FALVEY briefly responded, and the company then separated. STATE OP TRADE, BRADFORD, Deo. 15.—Tha unexpected reduction in the Bank rate of discount had a beneficial influence in creating a more cheerful tone in the wool-market, though this was perhaps somewhat modified by the subsequent news that the Etna, which was "in," had brought intelligence, indicat ing pacific tendencies and the fall of gold in America. The transactions in wool were exceedingly limited. The demand was confined chiefly to some particular sorts of wool, and to supply immediate and pressing wants. Stocks, both here and in the country, are exceedingly low, the time of the year considered, and prices were very firmly maintained. For deep-grown wools, which are most in re quest, there was a hardening tendency, to a slight extent. There was a very meagre business done in worsted yarns. Spin ners of coloured yarns aro well occupied. A slight demand for two-fold are also apparent, though spinners in most cases had to submit to reduced rates. The foreign trade was stagnant. Quotations are nominally unchanged. The piece trade was very sluggish, specially in plain goods. The home and the American houses placed orders in lancy goods. The German houses did nothing. Prices firm. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.--gores which are daily extending, ulcers which are hourly deepening, may be arrested in their torturing pro gress. and induced to take a healthy action, by applying his healing ointment, and taking these purifying Pills. It soothes all distempers of, and extracts all morbid humour from the skin. Old ulcers of the legs, inflammations caused by varicose veins, and cramps of the lower limbs can sen sibly be eased and shortly cured by Holloway's never-failing Ointment, which represses excessive and iirnulates slug gish, vascular, and nervous action. .In co titutious break ing down under piles, fistulas, and other imilarly painful maladies, a f ew applications of this cooling Ointment will give comfort, and a persistence in its use v. ill effect a curs. The Extraordinary Libel Case. DUBLIN, Thursday Morning. The public interest in the case of " Travers v. Wilde" continues unabated, and the entrance of the Court of Common Pleas is every morning besieged by the crowds who are anxious to gain admittance. As telegraphed last night, the plaintiff was under examination during the whole of yesterday. It has been already stated that the action is one of libel, brought by Miss Travers against Sir William and Lady Wilde, the female defendant having written to the plaintiff's father a letter, which, it is alleged, ' reflected on his daughter's chastity. All the parties belong to Dublin. Sir William Wilde is a well known oculist and aurist. His wife, who has written under the name of" Speranza," is a poetess of some repute ; and the plaintiff is the-daughter of Dr. Travers, sub-librarian in Marsh's Library, and a very distinguished scholar. The letter complained of stated that it was necessary for Lady Wilde to warn Dr. Travers that his daughter was wishing to make it be thought that she had an intrigue with Sir William Wilde, and that she was endeavouring, by issuing offensive placards, and pamphlets, to extort money from Sir William and his wife on that account. In the pleas for the defence, Lady Wilde declared that she had believed in the entire truthfulness of the statements she had made, and she also referred to a pamphlet in which the plaintiff had given a description of the circum stances attending the intrigue, or, at least, one of its most prominent incidents. The plaintiff's re joinder to this is that the affair in question was not an "intrigue," but something very different, inas much as Sir William Wilde had on one occasion, on the 14th of Oct., 1862, violated her person in his own study. The plaintiff had originally made the acquaintance of Sir William Wilde in 1854, and had subsequently been introduced to Lady Wilde. Miss Travers had been on very intimate terms with the Wilde family, and Sir William had for several years taken a special interest in her, lending her money, and making her presents ; and this may be the pro per place to mention that the plaintiff was in rather straitened circumstances, and required this monetary assistance from time to time. In 1861, however, the conduct of Sir William excited her suspicions, as he gave her to understand that Lady Wilde was jea lous of her. She asked for explanations, and some remarkable letters were written by Sir - William be tween that date and February, 1862, when he one day clasped Miss Travers in his arms as he was ex amining her professionally, and wanted her to call him by his Christian name, which she refused. Their acquaintance, however, was not broken off by this occurrence, and on October 14, 1862, the viola tion is stated to have taken place. Miss Travers had called upon him, and saw Sir William in his study. After some conversation he pretended, as the plaintiff states, to examine her throat, pressed his knuckles into it, and rendered her insensible. While unconscious, her person was violated. This is the history of the affair given by the plaintiff, who afterwards published a number of pamphlets and placards expo3ing Sir - William and his miscon duct, and thus taking that revenge which, as she says, he had always feared shat she was meditating. On the plaintiff's direct examination, which began on Tuesday, after the completion of Sergeant Arm strong's statement on her behalf, she swore to the violation on Oct, 14, 1862. At the sitting of the court yesterday her examination was resumed by Mr Butt, Q C., and she went into a variety of de tails in sustentation of Sergeant Armstrong's state , . ment. She had been thinking of going to Australia after the affair of October, 1862, and Sir William Wilde had sent her money, but she changed her mind and returned it. On one occasion she had pro cured laudanum, and taken it in Sir William's study. When he saw her do that, " he threw him self upon the floor and shouted Revenge, revenge ! People will say I poisoned you, but 1 will have the police in.' He begged her to procure an antidote, enjoining her to say that she had taken the poison accidentally. She went to Dr Walsh's, in 'West land-row, and got an emetic." In allusion to her limited means, and her anxiety to repay him the loans of money, Sir William spoke of her " starving herself," and declared that " she would be found deed in her bed from starvation some day," and that " that would be another piece of revenge." Miss Travers confessed to having issued the pamphlets and placards for the purpose of annoying Lady Wilde. She was anxious, the plaintiff said, for an explanatory interview with that lady and her hus band, Among other devices, she had forwarded to Sir 'William, while in the country, a printed slip, with a false announcement of her death—" Sud denly, at her father's residence, Williamstown avenue, Mary Josephine, daughter of Robt. Travers, M.D." She had last applied to Sir William Wilde for money in February or March, 1864. That was after the publication of the offensive pamphlet. She said, "If you do not choose to send it, see what will happen." He had also sent her money with out asking. The last money which she had received from Sir William Wilde was in Augast, 1863. The plaintiff was cross-examined at great length by Ser geant Sullivan, whose questions she answered with much coolness and apparent steadiness. Considering the extent of the cross-examination, the utmost that can be done is to give some of the questions and answers. Sergeant Sullivan—When did you first determine to exe cute your vengeance against Sir William and Lay Wilde ? —I never had any vengeance against Lady Wilde. I had a pique against her. When did you determine to execute it against Sir Wm. Wilde ?—On the 16th October, 1862. That was two days after the day of the alleged outrage —No, on that day ; I cannot swear to the 14th or the 16th. What was yuur first act of vengeance ?—I cannot tell you either my first or my second act. Was not the publication of the pamphlet the first ?—No. What was before it P—l sickened him in his study with garlic in June, 1863. How did you administer the garlic?—From a bottle. I got his handkerchief and s.turated it with the garlic. I did not tell him what to do with it. What did you give it him for ? was it to pay him off for the wrong he had done you?—lt was a part of a ,cries of annoyances I intended giving him. Did you bring any other mixture after that F—Yes, I brought more garlic and water, and put it into the aoaptray in the:room where he received his patients, in order that he might feel some discomfort in that room. The room in which you say the offence took place F—Yes. What was your next act of vengeance F—l reviewed the " First Temptation," translated by Lady Wilde. The publication of the pamphlets, the issuing of the placards, and the employing of the boys to ring the bells so as to attract attention to the exposure having been spoken ot, the examination proceeded. Sergeant Sullivan—Did you send copies of the pamphlet to Sir W. Wilda's family and patients P—To his relatives, yes; but I won't be sure about his patients. Did you send Lady Wilde the announcement of your death, as if it were cut out of a newspaper ?—Yes. For what ?—For amusement. You sent it for amusement to the wife of the man who wronged 3 ou ?—He believed it was a notice of my death. Whcn you went to Bray, did you take down your pamphlet with you, and employ the newspaper boys to sell it ?—Yes. Did you employ them to go to Lady WilJe's house f I desired them to go along the entire beach, not excluding her house. It was for the purpose of circulating them in Bray. Did you send this to Sir William Wilde, with a pin stuck through it, and in an open envelope did. Listen to this : " Your progeny is quite a pest To those who hate such critters;' Some sport have, or I'm blest I'll fry the Wilde breed in the West; Then you can call them Fritters. The name is not equivocal, They dare not by their mother call, Nor by thoir father, though he's Sir, A gouty knight, a mangy cur ; He dare not even call them Frits— Huw much he'd wish that I'd say Quits. " For Next Week's Handbills—the Miss Fritters ! I with most affectionate regards.—Please show this to her ladyship at the dessert ! I I " Sergeant Sullivan : What is the meaning of all this ?- 7 - The meaning is that Sir William Wilde was so very sore on the subject of any person alluding to his children, or, as he called them his " breed," that I wrote this for the purpose of making him think he would be exposed, and that he might try to prevent ray taking any legal means, or get the interference of my family to prevent me from annoying him, because I wanted to give my explanation of all that had gone on in his house during my intercourse with him. As to the expression " mangy cur," it was in reference to the remark of a friend that whoever wrote a certain letter which I showed him was a mangy cur. And you sent that with your most affectionate wishes ? To the man who had outraged yon Is this your handwriting ?—lt is. Listen to this—" Now, spiteful old lunatic, since you want to do ”Titething for me, please cut my corn that you did not do half before. I will keep your nose to the grind ing stone while your wife is away, and when she returns I will see her—so you had better not make a fool of me this time• L will give you a further trial for the few days lam waiting." When did you write that ?—ln August or July, 1863, After you were injured?—Yes. What is the meaning of it—you will give him another trial 1 1 —The meaning is, that I wished him to understand that I would see his wife. He had asked me to go there not at business hours, and that he had not time at busi ness hours to operate on my coin. Then he was operating on your corn after you were violoted, as you say you were ?—Yes. You asked for money ?—Yea. And you threatened him if you did not get it ?—As I said before. Did you ask him to go to your father's house after Oct., 1862 ?—Yes. Did you accompany that by asking for money ?—Yes. You swore that you never asked him for money when he • was knighted ?—I did. Is that your handwriting ?—I would not swear whether it is or not. It is very like it. Did you admit before the magistrate at Bray that you wrote it ?—I was in such confusion that I did not know the words I used. If you swore it was your handwriting, would it be true or false ?—I do not know. . I do not think I would phrase a letter asking for £3 in the way that is phrased. [A. letter was here put in, in which the witness wrote for money, say ing, " You will see what will happen if you are not prompt as usual."] _ _ _ When did you write that P—ln February, 1864. Was he prompt in giving you money?—He was. Under threats ?—No. What did you mean by " Bring it or send it ?"—lf he chose to give me money, I wanted it for the "sinews of war," as he phrased it, to carry on the publication. And he was prompt in lending money before your alleged outrage, as well as after it ? Did you write to him saying for him to bring out X2O on the following Wednesday, at four o'clock, and not to send a messenger ?—Yes ; I intended to receive him, and keep our servant outside of the door while I spoke of the disputes and annoyances which took place in his house. Did you want the money ?--I did, for my own wants. You wanted him to lend it to you ?—I did not care whether he did or not. Did he reply to that letter?—He did. [Sergeant Sullivan read the reply, in which Sir William Wilde declined the proposed meeting, and said that if she showed she did not want to injure herself by any further publication she should have the money. The witness sent a reply saying that her object was to take up the I 0 U which he held for money advanced to her.] In reply to Sergeant Sullivan, the witness stated that, when she wrote for £2O, Sir William wanted to enter into stipulations with her as to the terms on which she would take it. The cross-ex imination then comes to the affair of 14th October, 18G2. Sergeant Sullivan—This one transaction you described occurred between you and Sir W. Wilde in October, 1862 ? —Yes. Acd nothing of the sort occurred before or after ?—Not before. Did it after ?--I consider it was attempted. Did you know what happened to you the day you were in the study in October ?—Yes. You know perfectly well that day you were outraged ? —Yes. And the SAM thing was attempted after P--Yes. When P—ln July, 1863. Was that before you published the pamphlet F—Yes. There is not a word in the pamphlet about it ?—There are a great many circumstances not mentioned in the pamphlet. There is not a word in the pamphlet about the second attempt F—That is for you to judge. Was there a third ?—Not after that. Was there in the interval F—l don't know. Is that your answer?—lt is; for Ido not know what motives actuate people in certain acts ; or whether they in tend one thing or another thing, or whether they intend real rudeness or worse. You had been abused in October, and you knew it the (lay it happened ; and after that you cannot tell whether the man attempted to do the same thing or not P—No. Nor form an opinion ?—I formed opinions. You did not ask my opinion. You asked for matters of fact; and I cannot state the matters of fact. It is whether an attempt was made to repeat the offence on you again. Yuu don't know whether there was or not ? —There was rudeness and roughness, leading to it. How often ?—Two or three times. Did you believe it was fur the purpose of securing your person ?—I thought it. And you went time after time to the study where this treatment had been offered you P—Yes. And you took his money F—Yes. The plaintiff was cross-examined as to the statement in the pamphlet, that chloroform had been employed. Did he attempt to take advantage of you under the influ ence of chloroform, as described in the pamphlet ?—As de. scribed in that pamphlet it is not true. Then you published'a falsehood to the world pub lished a story. Had you eny intention of injuring Sir William Wilde when ycu published that ?—.l had an intention to justify myself. You had no intention to injure him in charging him with chloroforming his patients, and then attempting to outrage them P—lt did not matter to me whether it injured him or not. I had as liitle coinmiseration !or him as he had for e. You state in the introduction to your pamphlet that it contain nu altered and cirtailed, but by no means exagge rated account cf Sir William Wilde's conduct P—l say still it is not exaggerated, but it is altered. It is not exaggerated ?:.Yes, I cling to that. It is not an exaggeration to say you had been chloro formed 1 ) —It was as bad' es chloroform, but too gross for publication, But still you went back to the study and took the money, and wrote for tickets to thd ball ?—Yes. And took dresses from h m ?—I got mone y f or th e d ress , but not the dress. Did you buy the dress with his money?--1 did. And wore it ?—Yes. Whose money bought it l_m s. The man who outraged 30, p —Yes. Who suggeßted this wickkd notion of the chloroform to you ?—No one I requiredto think of something that was treacherous. - W;;U'tit to injure Sir Wiliam Wilde you concocted this false story P—To prevent hit doing me further injury, and to try and extract from hint as I said before, some inter ference, legal or otherwise, that I might, in the presence of others, say all I had to say, As to the day the alleged )ffence took place, you cannot fix the date of it P---Not answered. You know it happened thtt day ?—I did at the time. Du you mean while in hist ieun The ee atime." Chiefnt eh Sullivan—That Sg f ja s ts ice—she 8 I quite understand "at the tice knew she was ab use d b e f ore — T s before sh e l e ft t h e h ouse s h e knew she was violated, but dont know that s h e ra y s th a t at the time sho was violated s h e knew it. e r hcu Sergeant Sullivan — You ihply th at you did not know it Did you see the servants J ere ?—I did. '1 he people in the hall at thetime Yet passed when you were going upstairs or going ? o u t itn I was going upstairs. You passed people iu the lel' P—l did. Is not that the hall where th e the room ? —Yes. people collect to go into Yes. loom open from the hall ? D ll o oe es s nu:: the hsu door porter Stand in the hall to open the door ?—Yes. cannot tell?—Yes. N An or d w it it w h a in s f in on t r h h at omourorsof the time ; 3bu were outraged on a day you and four P—l cannot tell willt day it was; I think it was the 16th of October. Did you not s a y yesterdly it was the 14th 2-1 don't you say between one know what date it was precisely. You a woman, representtg yourself as a virgin thus aggrieved, can no t tell the da your story P.—lt i s. Sergeant Sulliva n cross-exunined the witness to show that the thought of th e distracted language and passionate ges• 3on which it happened—is that tures alleged to have been used and displayed by Sir William Wilde immediately after the alleged act had got into her mind from reading a book in which a similar scene was described. After some other questions, Sergeant Sullivan said he bad nothing m ere to as the witness. Sergeant Armstrong, the leadiitg counsel for the plaintiff, put a f)w additional questions; he asked : Did you hear me state that the circumstance of there not being future illicit intercourse betw een fault of his, an d that he made approaches for the purpose ? —Yes. you and Sir William Wilde was no The Chief Justice—What leads you to say that, except on one occasion, there was no intercourse, but on subse. quent occasions it wag attempted ?—Miss Travers—What I considered approaches to it—attempts. Sergeant Armstrong—lt is an unpleasant matter, but it must be inquired into, State anythieg he did or said from which you inferred an improper intercourse on his part. Miss Travers —H e insisted on my leaving a certain place in the room, and ha was redo in his raanner—ho tried to compel roe to go to the other part of the room. Sergeant Armstrong —Was there any gesture? It is very hard to convey it, I am sure. Sergeant Sullivan —Was there any gesture ? Let her state what occurred. With great respect, her statement about gestures won't do ; let her state what took place. The Chief Justice —This is really a very distressing sub ject, but people who come into court must leave considera tions of that sort outside, Let this lady !gate the details of what occurred on these occasions. Sergeant Armstrong —There can be no mock modesty. There is no room for it in this case—(To Miss Travers) — State what it was. The Chief Justice—State what you say occurred on the subsequent occasions as nearly as you can after this viola tion you speak of in October, 1862. Don't state it in general terms, but tell the facts that you say occurred, and which you are pleased to call attempts or overtures. Miss Travers—l think it was in November, 1862, that Mr Wilde wanted me to go into another part of the room (after a pause), and I refused, and he thought to drag me, and in dragging me he hurt me ; and when I prevented him he said I had not faith and confidence in him, and that I did nothing he told me. The Chief Justice—Did he say anything on that occa sion?—He said nothing. The other occasion was in the July following. The Chief Justice—What was the other occasion ?—I was in an arm chair. He caught hold of my hand and forced me back to sit down in it, and said ho would not let me go until I said whether I loved him or not. He said that if I said I loved him ho would let me go ; and I answered, "Yes, I love you very much; you will one day know how much I love you." He turned round and looked at me and said, "I was going to say ycu were very good, but you finished it—you tackEd a word there that makes me think you meant ironically," or something to that effJct. In forcing me into the chair he bruised my finger. Sergeant Armst, ong—There was no improper occurrence between you then ?—No. The re-examination was understood to have been con cluded when the Court rose. DUBLIN, Thursday Night. To-day Miss Travers proved the receipt of the letter con• taining the alleged libel. 'I he plaintiff was not cross •ex amined, and this closed her case. Sergeant Sullivan, for the defendant, insisted that whether the plaintiff was justified in the imputation she had written agaLst Sir Wm. Wilde was foreign to the issue involved, and he would not suffer his client to enter upon any investi gation of the concocted charges. He dwelt upon the dis parity between the statements in the pamphlet and the viva voce evidence ; upon the fact that no alarm had been given ; that the plaintiff had gone back to the same house and into the same study wherein it was said the offence had been perpetrated; and that she had solicited, demanded, and accepted money subsequent to the alleged outrage. The true interpretation of Miss Travers's conduct and assertions was that she was not accountable for her actions. Lady Wilde was examined—She said that she had offended the plaintiff by refusing to see her, and her revenge was the consequence. She thought that plaintiff's intention was to set up the supposition of an intrigue. She (Lady Wilde) did not believe that any such WI.. it intercourse had ev• r taken place. She had written the letter which had been called a libel in good faith. The case is still proceeding. Th , 3 Wreck of the Stanley. The following is the report addressed to the Board of 'Trade : TO THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. My Lords,—We have the honour to state for the infor mation of your lordships that we have held an official in quiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the screw steamship Stanley, which occurred on the evening of the 24th November, on the Spanish Battery Rocks at the en. trance of the river Tyne. In this investigation we have had the able assistance of Captains Harris and Baker, the Nautical Assessors of the Board of Trade, and we now beg to submit the following as our report. The Stanley was built of iron at Hartlepool in the year 1858, and registered at Aberdeen: By her certificate of re gistry she is described as being la length 193 9-10 ft, in breadth 27ft, and in depth 141 t. Her gross tonnage was 552 tone, and her registered tonnage 376 tons. She was owned by the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, and was em ployed in the coasting trade between that port and'London. The vessel was propelled by two engines of the combined power of 110 horses. The crew consisted of 29 persons all told, and it is stated in evidence that she was in good con dition and properly equipped for her intended voyage. The Stanley left Aberdeen at 9,25 p.m. on the 23d No vember, under the commend of Mr Thomas Howling, who held a certificate of service, which was lost in the ship. She had on board, as far as can be ascertained, 31 passen gers and an average general cargo. In addition, there were on deck 47 head of cattle secured in pens, and 30 sheep, and when the vessel left the port her draught of water was 13 feet aft and 9 feet forward. On leaving port the weather was fine, with a moderate breeze from SSW. Nothing of any moment occurred till the following morning, when the wind veered to S, and at 9 a.m, it drew round to SE, blowing hard, with a high sea getting up, and increasing rapidly. At 2 p.m. it was blow ing a hard gale with a very heavy sea, and the ship laboured so heavily that the cattle pens gave way. The weather hav ing now assumed a very threatening aspect, the master held a consultation with his mate. They referred to their chart, and finding Tynemouth bore about west, and distant about 25 miles, they deemed it more prudent to run for that har bour than the Firth of Forth, as both the wind and sea were more favourable for reaching the Tyne. Accordingly a course was shaped to make the entrance of the Tyne. At 4 30 p,m. they made Tynemouth Light, bear ing about Wby N. On approaching the harbour rockets were fired in the hope of obtaining a pilot, and the ship's head was turnea to seaward, awaiting the result of their sig nals. Night coming on, and the ship making very heavy weather of it, with hardly steerage way against the heavy sea, the captain held a further consultation with his mate, on the propriety of entering the Tyne without a pilot or the guidance of the harbour lignts. The mate had considerable experience of the navigation of the Tyne, and the master, feeling the urgency of the case and knowing the dangerous position in which his vessel then was, determined to run in for the safety of ship and all on board, Having thus decided, arid considering further delay danger , us, the ship was steered for the harbour. A small pilot steamer, which had been out seeking for vessels, was t . .riven in by stress of weather about a quarter of an hour before the Stanley entered, and the Stanley, in her then dangerous position, was left to her own resources. She entered bel ween the piers in safety, and while proceeding at a rate of eight knots an hour, three tre mendous seas in succession struck her aft, a little on the starboard quarter, broaching her to against her helm (then hard a-starboard), and before the ship could recover the proper channel she grounded on the rocks below the Spanish Battery, at about half-past 5 p.m., and ultimately became a total wreck, with a disastrous loss of life. A communication was established by means of the rocket apparatus, but, in spite of the repeated commands of the master to take the hawser to the masthead, it was made fast so slow that alter three lives had been caved it became en tangled in the rocks, and was rendered useless. The rising tide and heavy sea prevented the Coastguard and those on shore from making any further efforts at that time to com municate with the ill-fated ship. Prior to this an attempt had been made by one of the crew to lower one of the ship' f , boats, but the davit breaking five lives were lost, and shortly afterwards the whole of the remaining boats were washed away, About half-past G p.m. the Tynemouth lifeboat Con stance put off, but was recalled in consequence of an an founded impression that the crew and passengers had been saved by the Shields lifeboats. It was subsequently ascer tained that the Shields lifeboats had been unsuccessful in their•attempta to reach the wreck, and at about 8 o'clock the Tynemouth lifeboat again put off and made a gallant effort to reach the ship, and had nearly succeeded when an overwhelming sea washed over the Stanley's bow, and falling upon the lifeboat broke all the oars from the rollocks, and washed overboard all but two of her spare oars. In this disabled condition the sea carried her into the rigging of a schooner stranded at a little distance ahead of the Stanley. By this mischance four of the boat's crow were thrown out, two of whom unfortunately lost:their lives. After this the lifeboat was rendered useless, and she drifted up the river. While this fruitless effort was being made to relieve the sufferers, the Coastguard had proceeded with the rocket apparatus to North Shields, from whence they put off in a steaming to the scene of the wreck, but the sea was so terrific that they were unable to reach the veksel, and were compelled to return. About 10 p.m. the ship broke in two, the same sea sweep ing away the deckhouse, on which most of the passengers had taken refuge, and washing them overboard. At this time the greatest saer:flee of human life took place. The fore part of the ship swung round to the wind and sea, and one of her anchors having been providentially washed from the catheal, the chain attached to it held her in position, or probably we should have to record a still greater loss of life. Tho Coastguard, whose laudable exertions cannot be too highly commended, returned to the scene of the disaster, and the tide having fallen, succeeded in again establishing a communication with the ship at about 5 o'clock a.m. ; by this means the remainder of the crew and passengers, some 33 in number, were eventually rescued, 25 having met with a watery grave. Such is the narrative of tho loss of the Stanley, as extracted from the evidence before us. In commenting upon these events we would direct the attention of your lordships to certain facts elicited during the lengthened and searching investigation in which we have been engaged, in the hope that measures may be taken to prevent, if possible, similar disasters in future. A review of the evidence will show that the Tyne Im provement Commissioners, by removing the old bar and deepening and widening the channel, have vastly improved the entrance to the harbour, and have rendered its naviga tion comparatively safe ; but the full advantages which Would have resulted from this improvement appear in some measure neutralised by the absence of buoys and beacons to indicate the deep water channel. The valuable evidence of Mr Ure, the engineer-in -chief of the Tyne Commissioners, will be read with great atten tion. All that seems to be required to render the Tyne available for vessels of considerable draught of water in all weathers and at all periods of the tide is a proper system of lights and Luoys, and the concurrent testimony of nearly all the witnesses examined before us, speaks to the necessity of keeping the guiding lights exhibited at all times of the tide, instead of extinguishing them, as is now the practice, at half-ebb, and re• lighting tk - m as Boon as the flood has made in the harbour. In the present state of the river, had the lights been exhibited throughout the night we might not now have to deplore the numerous wrecks and the fearful sacrifice of life that occurred on the night of the 24th of November last. Another point to which we would direct particular atten tion is the difficulty the Stanley experienced as to obtaining a pilot. it is the practice of the screw steamers frequenting the Tyne to retain the services of a pilot, specially selected, and who is expected to await the ship's arrival; when this takes place during the night, the ship discharges a rocket as a signal, and this is now of such frequent occurrence that a rocket signal is not heeded, except by pilots specially re• tained by vessels then expected. Thus the Stanley, arriving off the port and seeking shelter, found her signals totally disregarded. The pilot's 'steamer which was outside the harbour saw the Stanley, but, taking her for one of the screw steamers frequenting the port, and presuming that she would have a pilot awaiting her arrival, did not go near her; and the pilots in their evidence state that they have been so frequently disappointed, and their services so con stantly refused, that they have ceased to communicate with this class of vessels. We venture to suggest that this state things should le remedied, so that a stranger Arriving off the port may rely upon obtaining the services of a pilot, Taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, the state of the weather, and what was requisite fur the safety of the ship and of the lives and property in trusted to the care of the captain, we have decided, with the concurrence of our assessors, that he was justified in making for this port ; and that, having been unsuccessful in obtaining a pilot, and being then on a lea shore, with an unusually heavy sea, and knowing that there was a suffi cient depth of water on the bar, he was also justified in running in, assisted as he was by the local knowledge of the mate. And we are further of opinion that the loss of the steamship Stanley was a misadventure caused by the overwhelming sea, the absence of leading lights, and by other circumstances beyond the control of the master. We have, therefore, adjudged that Captain Thomas Howling is entitled to a renewal of his certificate.—We have, &e., JOSEPH SrErion, J.P. ALEX., S. STEVENSON, J.P. We concur in the above report, H. HARRIS, I It. Nautical Assessors. B BAKER, Tynemouth, Dec. 13. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES,—The Grand Jury is, ire theory, the most wise and necessary institution that any county can possess. The Grand Jury is supposed to see that every public matter goes on right. It is to the county what the housekeeper is in a private este. blishment, what the secretary is in a public depart mew., what a bishop is in his diocess. It is bound to bring together a complete knowledge of all matters within its area of jurisdiction, and to see that every thing is going on quietly, that every one is doing his work, that every one, as the Chinese say, "sweeps the snow from before his own door," and that nothing happens that ought not to happen. Thus, if there be a murder committed, or a truck stenciling before a cileticlisee shop in a narrow street, or if Bil iiegsgate be growing louder than accustomed, or the Thames rise above the metal stench mark,or loitering cabs render the street impassable, or there be a further invasion of apple stalls, the Grand Jury is the constitutional remedy. Pickpockets, ' barrel organs, and scarlet fevers; tumbledown house, income taxes, overdriven horses, and public indecencies; mob orators, wandering lunatics, and encroachments on the public parks ; libels, pigsties, and stage playas; nuisances of all kinds, offences of every nature, disagreeables of every description—all ought to b 3 abated by the Grand Jury, e ho, accord ing to the system as it existed in the time of King Alfred, ought to do all that Magistrates and Come mieeioeers of Polies, and Inspecto rs o f N u i sances and District Surveyors, Highway officers and Local Commissioners and Metropolitan Boards of Works have been found by no means too roach to do in these latter days. All this, we will try to believe, the Grand Jury did in good King Alfred's time ; but if this ever were- so they have long since given up all idea of any such usefulness. The only whole some exercise we have known in modern times of their ancient jurisdiction is that exhibited the other day by the Grand Jury of the City of Lond on , w h o , awakening to a sense of their old responsibilities, have come into court and presented themselves as a nuisance, The Grand Jury of the county of the City of London—for London is a cou n ty as we ll as a city—take unnecessary pains to prove that they have long shown in themselves an egregious in stance of the nuisances that ought to be forthwith abated. In the first place, there is no single duty which they aro supposed to perform w hi ch i s not already assigned to special efficers, who, if they do their work, leave nothing for a Grand J ury to d o, and, if they do not do their work, leave nothing undone which a Grand Jury is ever likely to do, In the second place, there being nothing to do, people who have a great deal of work on their hands are taken from their own business in order to do that " nothing." It is all very well for country gentlemen, who really do for the most part thoroughly understand the wants of their neigh bourhood, to drive into the assize town and listen to the Judge's charge, and talk over what they shall do about roads and bridges and the like at the next magistrates' meeting. But London Grand Jurors are altogether different people. They are men with dingy counting-horses about the Bank, and ledgers that seem disproportionate to the size of the closet like places in which they are used. These Grand Jurors are mercantile men, who are being pursued all day long by telegrams from every part of the earth, whose counting-houses era rented at several guineas per square foot, and whose time is worth a guinea a minute. Suerly it is a dreadful cruelty to bring these restless men unnecessarily away from their own work and lock them up in a room, to do nothing with a solemn air of deliberation ? "The Grand Jury of the December Session, 1864," have, under these very natural feelings, presented them selves as a nuisance. They are, they say, an en cumbrance rather than a help to the administration of justice, having no other practical office than that of allowing prosecutors and defendants to compound prosecutions ; and inflicting a general discourage meat upon prosecutors by compelling them to at end with their witnesses day after dayin cold stone lobbies, expressly constructed to exclude the light and to admit cold draughts of air from every quarter. We must confess that we think this Grand Jury have taken a proper view of their ditties. After a London magistrate has invest'. grced a charge in open court, a subsequent secret investigation interposed between the accused and his next open trial can but enable the defend ant, if he be at once rich, guilty, and unscru pulous, to buy off the witnesses who appeared be fore the magistrate. Again, when a prosecutor has undertaken, for purposes of public morality, or in order to raise the value of his own property at the expense of his neighbours, or in order to make a parish bill of costs, or for any other motive, good, bad, or indifferent, to set up one of those slave-hunts by which the most wretched of all. our population are hunted to and fro from cover to cover in this great jungle of houses, the Grand Jury affords the opportunity for making terms of evictien with the wretched fugitives. Or, if money i 3 to be extorted by a false charge against an innocent man, the Grand Jury, sitting in secret in the centre of their windy labyrinth, are compelled to listen to the slnnder, and a charge which would be blown away by the first breath of public examination receives a sort of countenance by the Grand Jary finding a true bill on the evidence of the prosecutor alone. So far as we know, it is only gamblers, and extor tionere, and rival proprietors of infamous houses who, in the present day, habitually prefer a bill to the Grand Jury without going before a magise trate ; but the re may, of course, be except i ons, o f which both we and the grand Jury who made this presentment are ign orant. W hy d oes thi s mis chievous absurdity still ex i st ? Sh a ll we answer the question frankly ? It exists by reason of the ignorance and the cowardice and the indolence of successive Law Of cern of the Crown for many years mow past. These are hard words, and we use them entirely nzitiori sensu, and by no means as imputations upon any indiVidual. An overworked lawyer has a presentment of this kind placed before him, and is asked by his chief whether a short bill would not do away with this London Grand Jury, and be very salutary and safe as well as popular. The lawyer has no a moment to think - or to read, and his momentary impression is that a Grand Jury is a eery old tree, and you can't tell whither the roots go, or what you may pull up with it. Here is his ignorance. Then he imagines that if he were to abolish this Grand Jury it might suddenly be dis covered that for want of some half-forgotten lune« tion which a Grand Jury only could perform, all the sentences might turn out to be void, or all the pri sons have to be opened. Here is his cowardice, very excusable under the circumstances. The proper course would be, no doubt, to read up the .vhole matter, and when he felt himself standing on firm knowledge then to act without fear. Tnis, however, he will not do, for ho cannot afford time to do it ; and this is his indolence—indolence ad hoc. All this is very natural and very pardonable in an At torney or Solicitor General or a Lord Chancellor, who has a hundred times as many things to do as he ever has time to do properly, but still it ought to be done. POST.--It has been observed for some time past by those who have the privilege to approach the Queen that her INljesty is happily regaining some of her former elasticity of spirit, and that, however much her great sorrow is always present to her, nevertheless the Queen is now more able to attend, not only to those absolute duties which bhe has always sacredly fulElled, but also to the general courtesies and social surroundings of her royal life. These facts have given rise to sincere congratula tion in the official and courtly world, and to the happiest auguries for the future. This has become gradually and generally known. If a contemporary who loves to prophecy with foreknowledge was ignorant of it, his article of yesterday was rule and overbearing. If, however, he wrote in possession of the truth that her IVlLjesty is now more disposed to take part in the outward shows and displays of rely d royalty, nothin can more shock then:his leader was very oounj tasteustifi dabalen,for su a sense of propriety than to make the Sovere i gn , efforts to set aside her own trouble and to satisfy and please her people appear to proceed only fl.(1„ the dictation of a bold and irreverent Pes'. The nation will learn with more than at e , meat that the anniversary of the death of th e Prince Consort has been made the oVes ien - w e urging her Majesty to "think of her subjects' clto and the duties of her high station, and n ot to MI,. pone them longer to the indulgence of an tinav bar lug grief." The Queen is entreated to renaen'th'e teat it is not a matter of indifference whether Sovereign should be seen and take part i e 12 ,, 11 d to affairs, and that no reigning House can eel' the coefirm in their views those who suggest Old its , Throne is only an ent'quarian relic and Rojrfitly itself a ceremony. It is admitted that, ``bapP to for the interests of royalty," the English peoPl e not of this opinion ; but the balance of th e ° °llBll tution depends, it is said, cr., the Sovereign buipt able on certain occa s ions to rise superior t o P ar th i e suggestions and stand as the representative ot,r'his nation and the guardian of the executive. subject has been adverted to before in the carp. quarter, and there can be no doubt that her Xt. eesty's seclusion has been universally deplored. is true that it was hoped and desired that the datilie of mourning, which have deprived the peopl e ti er ed w royal presence, would ere now have been con si b , as past; but at the s a m e ti me her MajestY e d jects can never forget th a t th e Queen has su s %lee no common bereavement, and the laneuage to rot we are adverting is assuredly wholly aver se Irte°t the sentiments of loyalty and devotion they' sble vently entertain. Even if it was thought defer° nt to give expression to the sense of disapPol° A ille t ee that is experienced—which, bearing in m` n ; - ,, e sly touching and impressive answer that was gra° — returned to a similar appeal, seems lete eeciii3 e g ers doubtful—it might surely have been done e t l B ed wise, without exaggerations which sae pate to without arguments which are supererogatory', hick, say offensive. Above all, the time is, we mus t ee most ill chosen, Her Majesty has just vieit" 4 sed royal mausolt um,and when the people were preP: tee to sympathise with the emotion they can apPrt el , 6l bes for it may be seen every day in our cemeteries,' 01:, severe remonstrance is poured into the nat i rt, t s ear. We feel, therefore, that we should n°' ea t fulfilling our own obligations if we did not PF ° • t e.. against such en interpretation of public opl°l°4 Them is something unspeakably abrupt °bit, startling in the statesnene that "it is ieur s ., e9 ,• l t es for a recluse to occupy the British throne w h ' ic e out a gradual weakening of that authority 11 "; a' the Sovereign has been accustomed to 065er e is but it is Sappily not necessary to discuss the It ter upon en entirely irrelevant essumpti°,n' t i o v, may be affirmed, without the least bee' er fi e 'ieg that during the past three years, though euL7,; - t ies acutely, her Majesty hifi never neglected the ''''„ r se of sovereignty, nor ceased to hold that intere°l*the with the ablest and most respected persons 1 ° a d, land which is rightly said to be essential to tb i , e x ibet ministration of constitutional government. 0- the effort has cost the Queen may be better coe ceived than expressed ; but her Majesty b a9 se bo spared herself, and we are satisfied that it thl - t ee ject could be referred to in the House of L0r,",, 61 t ee noble leader of the Opposition would vie W it ' D igo. Ministers of the Crown in vindicating the Soc er ; t 'es It is greatly to be regretted that the sorrow el at ed royal mourner has:noeyet been sufficientlyal lev ;, - of to admit of the performance of many social 5° pad courtesy and condescension, and it must be oW te d that, worthily as her Majesty has been represee.re, by the Prince and Princess of Wales, there e dy re elors vileges which cannot be conferred by any riel e ° e - nre rs° of the royal authority; but to infer that ttle k c gatives of the Crown have been thereby wea',"eitie or that republican theories are consequent l l" l i s p ing strength, is libelling the loyalty of the x - ' l3 : t ter nation. Moro opportunely, and in quite Bns-been tone, the people of this country would Na pe m ed , pleased to see their wishes expressed and elted i ' e - iga They cannot but desire that their beloved W e a r y . be should come again amongst them, and they,r - ieen a permitted to think that the exertion w ow. -, or e, tually conduce to the Queen's personal we'eee. which must always be their first considev°oo, But this tone of upbraiding they will, we are °coy disclaim altogether, as entirely failing to c f 1 300 14 any proper description of their feelings, eq f t; tl 3 ° pletely misapprehending the view they tak e " nt be Queen's retirement. B r iti s h l o yalty o ° ll a - welt affected by the circumstances which are most As hi upon. A Knight of the Garter may be m ad proclamation, and a levee may be held by d ap the without in the remotest degree dinsinishiog -ore faith of the nation in its form of governmen t '. soil are not so given to change. Ours is no t - eel' , in which ideas of innovati on t a k e root co r e°- f ee The fundamental principles of the ce nstitutionsor not to be shaken like a reed before the wind. r f are we likely to be fascinated by an y visions °` ie if publican situplicity. In seclusion or in sc c ; t b° Queen Victoria will reign in the hearts o f her -ti e • jects ; and, while they would h um bl y an d resP e-t e fully beg of her Majesty to endeavour to ove t ct ° t;ll a great grief, they would ur ge th e i r pra yer ell" r "tes and in season, at the sam e t ime h eart ily and eg:tiee fully acknowledging that all the essential If of the Crown have be e n f a ithf u lly and relig w-fi fulfilled. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. ar There was a fair supply of English wheat ill ° o rs market to-day, which moved off slowly, and prices goo' er qr under last week's quotations. Fine ba rley show, and sold ac the turn in favour of buyers ; t rs D d 360 —English wheat was sold at 90s to 44s for white, 9 00 to to 41a per 36 stone for red, Barley, new m alting , to 3 05 34s per qr ; grinding, 22s* to 25s Oats, old, 245 p er ol f. per 30 stone ; Irish, 19s to 245. Beans, 38 3 t o 425 peas, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. MANCHESTER—THURSDAY. 0 4 ; 4 ° There was only a moderate attendance at anoio:voliofreil this morning, and English wheat was taken off Is decline the currency of last week. A m erican r ed i q o Flour was in exceedingly limited request, an d s t e W f e our quotations 61 per sack. Oats and oatmeal /I`'rllllo' rather in fav ur of buyers. Beans and Indian c° each 6d per qr lower. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNOV I ' I r jtet t j; There was a very good show of wheat at this ro - i b a are day, the conditions lx,ing bad the sale was 00 0 ' ol t3 ' late rates. Barley in good supply, fine sorts s oar kinds met a slow sale at late rates. EDINBURGH GRAIN—WEDNESDAIr° vibl°l3 To-clay there was a fair supply of country heat; sold at late rates. la d°*l3' Wheat on the top 5s Od down average le Barley on the top Os 6d down .. average es &LW' Oats on the top Os 6d up..... Beans on the top 6s 6d up averago °8 Total Supply and Sales. ~ a re B W a r 1 l r l e e a y t .. . . • .24 7 3 4 5 8 qrs qrs 01 Sold 39 , ' , Sold 1605 J-,, 8 Oats Beans 1.19 qrs Sold 3 qrs 43 Avet age Prices. 39 153 Wheat 36s 8d I Oats. ....... •. " l3 fra Barley 24s 7d I Beans .......... :,%; es' Town. made flour sells as follows :—White, ev'' superfine, 345; superfine, 325; fine,.3os. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY. till t W 6° y ‘ ll3 The arrivals were moderate, and the naark e mirle, o de attended. Wheat sold slowly at late r ates. — d i o P oets wore dull. Beans were steady. 1' lour We' - rate demand. Maiza unchanged, 444.44.444.4 —,—.......•••? o it b A Ci r° Li o A HINT FOR LONDON.—The United Stat es o' 6 Court, New York, has g iv e n a verdict of t 139 doll to a person for damages sustained while e r l 3 o o tl' o t erect from a stage. The law is that pedestial3B 'ore 4. pr i ar first right to the caossing of the street on foe. 0 0 ~. vehicles should make a note of this fact, and 11°1 ,,, o ree r°. sons down in the street by fast driving round t" - Quebec Horning Chronicle. __....._•<, A 1 0°. Births. , g 03- a ► ~ BARUON.—On the 14th inst at 436, We ß " -tr ep leY F. J. Barron, of a son. " fo p. R• 11 f ifea EDEN.—On the 14th inst , the wife of the 1 Eden, of a daughter. . ,-g 00 FooLE.—On the 15th inst. at Woodford,,o•—"' , - Mr. John Poole, of a datighter. gAi4 KIRKPATRICK—A 0 ohe 13th lli.r'letceo 1 AR:iraTrirlagitest. tat .-eg, ciar.osvort,ton voIOP daughterEj.°6hq b aHyde nr. Pe 3da 'ire kr i-DcB:ll.4ug4°re°n Marriott,l' Guards,il arn to It °° ' ' 1s 1 rI I 1 MAELsLtoinA,It—DEWSBURY Catherineßectory,Ottonsst aged 86. R. Dewsbury, Eeq., of Great 13erkhataPete3". OC Inn t the Deaths. Ttle°oolll BIGGS BULL.—On Ahthni. inst., rs .;:i, uOFcnorestttiehar:l‘dialeullgtahhirt.eirirsot:l4l;SltiCi. mg ~ at tourbrt ge, Wel' NorWl Bull, Esq. 01 D John Cook, rector of Oakley, SurreY, at CSattonEG9:'d l‘lts. 'Gil' COOK —On Wimple err:: tile e„ (he 13th inst , at 73, EIGHTON.— On the 14th inst., at his aged , _„oftlev.„ I“nsi • 5.. A., w ngton-paik, W. C. IL Deighton, „ 05°,,11; at-law, Inner 'rumple. D . AVVICINS.—On the 14th inst ,at Over WA-, ite No late 0 Emma, widow of Colonel Henry. DaVitkiud, West' Coldstream Guards, aged 67- t NealterraCe9e," WALLACE.—On the 14th General Cresoen.- otie minster, London, S. W., Peter Mare:o7,j Ar Colonel Commandant of the 11th Brigade -1." lery, aged 84. , k ,V$ , , -------- ,/,01-,L'' IF, mother a J:Dsriot„ London: Printsel and rrt,t.i.beti by WILLIA-•,0,, ~ '';iiot of No. 112, Strand, (,printer, at TriE 50N '-'ilie ..Car'' Strand, In the Precinct of tbe SesoY, ,11 Aaiddic,sex.—Frldan December 16, 1E 04. \A kli A; thhl, C